Bio

Artist Statement
Stemming from my interest in the myriad contradictions that inform human behavior, the symbol of the path has come to inform some of my recent work. The discourse surrounding predestination or fatalism as having more, or the only, influence over our lives as opposed to personal choice being the catalyst for our fates is still an active one in the theology of my predominantly Muslim culture. But while religious texts, or the widespread interpretations of these texts, incline towards a fatalistic view regarding human life, there exists at the same time the concept of choice – choosing right over wrong, eternal bliss over worldly and temporary comfort, self-sacrifice over self-centeredness. The path or “Siraat”, then, becomes a means of navigating oneself through the clutter of these possibilities. It becomes a course of clarity in the midst of contradictory values and states of being.
Stemming from my interest in the myriad contradictions that inform human behavior, the symbol of the path has come to inform some of my recent work. The discourse surrounding predestination or fatalism as having more, or the only, influence over our lives as opposed to personal choice being the catalyst for our fates is still an active one in the theology of my predominantly Muslim culture. But while religious texts, or the widespread interpretations of these texts, incline towards a fatalistic view regarding human life, there exists at the same time the concept of choice – choosing right over wrong, eternal bliss over worldly and temporary comfort, self-sacrifice over self-centeredness. The path or “Siraat”, then, becomes a means of navigating oneself through the clutter of these possibilities. It becomes a course of clarity in the midst of contradictory values and states of being.